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The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks are the last two teams standing in the 2025 NFL season, and they will meet at Levi’s Stadium on February 8 to determine who will hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl LX champion.
As debates begin over who has the X-factor and who will win the Super Bowl, “NFL RedZone” host Scott Hanson can help but take a step back and look at what this matchup really means for the league.
In fact, Hanson has another name for the final game of this year’s season.
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NFL Network host Scott Hanson performs on stage during Day 3 of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station on April 29, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
“I’m going to tell you one thing: Super Bowl LX is the ‘Hope Bowl,'” he told Pak Gazette Digital while talking about his enthusiasm for Lowe’s “Win Your Sunday Belt.” “This year’s Super Bowl is the ‘Hope Bowl’ and it may sound strange.”
It may sound strange at first, but when you really look at these two teams playing in Santa Clara, California, Hanson’s vision comes to life.
“Seahawks fans are through the roof, Patriots fans are through the roof. I’m not even talking to them right now,” he continued. “I’m talking to the other 30 NFL fans whose season ended with disappointment in the playoffs, or disappointment in the last week of the regular season, or by Thanksgiving their team was out. There is hope, my friends, because we are about to see, on Super Bowl Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks, a team that didn’t make the playoffs a year ago. The Seattle Seahawks, a team that was in the market for quarterbacks a year ago. The Seattle Seahawks who have a second-year head coach who had “I had never been a head coach before; “They’re playing in the biggest game in American sports.”
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When the Seahawks hired Mike Macdonald two years ago, he had not been a head coach in the NFL despite his defensive prowess under John Harbaugh with the Baltimore Ravens. But there was hope for Seattle when they finished 10-7 in their inaugural season, although they missed the playoffs.
To build on that season, the Seahawks were quick to make trades, including a big one to the Las Vegas Raiders. Geno Smith, the journeyman quarterback, reunited with Pete Carroll in Sin City, as the Seahawks set their sights on the free agent market and Sam Darnold.
Hanson called Darnold the best “human interest story” in this game, given his path to this moment in two weeks. But Darnold was clearly the right decision for Macdonald, general manager John Schneider and the rest of the organization, leading Seattle to a 14-win season after doing the same with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold raises the winner’s trophy with Michael Strahan, left, after a victory over the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL football game for the NFC championship, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Unlike that season, which ended against the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card Round, Darnold gained some redemption with a three-touchdown game to win the NFC conference and earn a spot in the “Big Game.”
On the other hand, Hanson sees even more hope for those fans who may find themselves at the bottom of the standings this year.
“Facing the New England Patriots, who were a four-win team a year ago. A four-win team two years ago,” he added. “They completely hit the reset button as a head coach, at quarterback and at many other key positions, and they are playing in the biggest game in American sports.”
Head coach Mike Vrabel came to his former franchise as a player and helped turn things around immediately. Sophomore quarterback Drake Maye became an MVP finalist with his season-long production, while Vrabel’s aggressive defensive nature spread throughout this unit all season long.
While some say they had an easy path to the Super Bowl, the Patriots faced three of the league’s top five defenses, two of which in games where snow played a major factor. The schedule may have been easier than others, but the Patriots beat who they were supposed to, reaching this height for the first time since Tom Brady’s days in Foxborough.
“Whatever team you root for in the NFL, Super Bowl LX gives you hope that 365 days from now you and I, Scott, will be talking here on Fox about ‘so-and-so versus so-and-so in the Super Bowl. Can you believe it?'” Hanson said.
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye celebrates with the trophy after the AFC Championship NFL football game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/John Locher)
“I think it’s a fantastic and inspiring Super Bowl matchup.”
As you sit back and watch Super Bowl LX, heed Hanson’s words: there is hope for your favorite team.
The Patriots and Seahawks are proof of that.
WIN SUPER BOWL SUNDAY WITH LOWE’S
All season long, Lowe’s has been finding ways to help NFL fans “win their Sundays,” and their best way for Super Bowl LX is something Hanson is very excited about.
The “Earn Your Sunday Bucket Belt” looks like a regular tool belt that would fit a five-gallon Lowe’s bucket, but Hanson wants to see snacks, drinks, grilling tools and more for the Big Game.
Lowe’s introduces the Bucket Belt ahead of this year’s Super Bowl LX showdown between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. (Lowe’s)
Game day essentials have been reinvented and Hanson believes everyone should have one by February 8th.
“In theory, it’s for all your tools. But on Super Bowl Sunday, it’s drinks and snacks. The only tools we want to see there are grilling tools,” Hanson said. “Here you attach a strap to the top of the bucket and you can fill it with ice for your favorite drinks. There are some football treats and you’ll win your Super Bowl on Sunday and enjoy Super Bowl LX Lowe’s style.”
The Bucket Belt can be purchased now exclusively for MyLowe’s Rewards and MyLowe’s Pro Rewards members.
